Anti-malware firm Prevx has apologized to Microsoft after admitting that the ‘black screen of death’ – a condition that renders Windows unusable after bootup – was not caused by faulty system patches after all.

The inevitable H1N1 flu trojan attacks have started. Yesterday, McAfee detected a new H1N1-related spam campaign, spoofing emails from the Center for Disease Control (CDC) and asking victims to fill out a ‘vaccination profile’ as part of a state-wide f…

The latest monthly malware chart from BitDefender claims to show that the largest risk to computer users is currently Trojan.AutorunINF.Gen, a generic family of trojan malware abusing the autorun feature in Windows.

The federal government is tightening up hiring policies for cybersecurity professionals by launching cybersecurity competency models for its employees.

After several weeks of rumour, IBM is reported to be acquiring Guardium, the enterprise database security specialist, for $225 million.

Bit.ly the URL shortening service – which has been quietly overtaking Tiny.url, the industry first URL shortening service, over the last year – has stolen another march by adding security facilities.

Reports are coming in that hackers and malware authors have latched on to the weekend reports about golfing legend Tiger Woods being involved in a car accident close to his home.

Reports are coming in that a set of security patches for Windows XP, Vista and 7 may be causing problems for large numbers of PC users.

Infosecurity reports on the past week’s news

Botnet machines are being used as password crackers, according to data released by Microsoft on Friday.